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Toronto en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • [t͡ʃəˈɹɑnə] local, MTE
  • /təˈɹɒ.nəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)] local, MTE
  • /təˈɹɑn.toʊ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • [tʰɹɑɾ̃ə] local, MTE
  • [t͡ʃɹɑnə] local, MTE
  • [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)] (General-American)
  • [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)] (General-American)
  • [tʰəˈɹɑɾ̃ə] local, MTE
  • (Canada) audio
  • /təˈɹɒn.təʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /təˈɹɑnoʊ/ local, MTE
  • [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə] local, MTE
  • /təˈɹɑ.noʊ/ (General-American)
  • [t͡ʃɹɑno(ʊ)] local, MTE

Etymology

From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Compare karón꞉ta (“tree”) from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹõt-.

Meanings

  1. The capital city of Ontario, Canada and the largest city in Canada.
    • A year earlier, the Canadian leader was seen at a Sikh event in Toronto where separatist flags and posters depicting an extremist Sikh leader killed in a 1984 Indian Army operation were displayed. 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2025:
    • As Toronto slowly comes back to life after two years of repeated lockdowns and closures, the wreckage of the pandemic is surfacing like cigarette butts in melted snow drifts. 2022 April 18, Catherine Porter, “A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022:
  2. A lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie.
  3. An unincorporated community in the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. A village in County Durham, England.
  5. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
  6. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
  7. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Clinton County, Iowa.
  8. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A tiny city in Woodson County, Kansas, named after Toronto, Ontario.
  9. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, named after Toronto, Ontario.
  10. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A city in Jefferson County, Ohio, named after Toronto, Ontario.
  11. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Deuel County, South Dakota, named after Toronto, Ontario.

Deriveds

Metro Toronto · Toronto Islands · Torontarian

Relateds

Torontonian

Synonyms

Hogtown · Hollywood North · Queen City · Big Smoke · York · Muddy York · The North · The 6 · T.O.

Translations (60)

bn টরন্টো (city in Canada) · km តូរ៉ុនតូ (city in Canada) · sv Toronto (city in Canada) · hi टोरंटो (city in Canada) · sl Toronto (city in Canada) · hu Toronto (city in Canada) · fa تورنتو (city in Canada) · et Toronto (city in Canada) · ca Toronto (city in Canada) · lv Toronto (city in Canada) · nl Toronto (city in Canada) · lt Torontas (city in Canada) · hy Տորոնտո (city in Canada) · mk Торо́нто (city in Canada) · eo Toronto (city in Canada) · cmn 多倫多 /多伦多 (city in Canada) · sh Toronto (city in Canada) · yue 多倫多 /多伦多 (city in Canada) · fi Toronto (city in Canada) · eu Toronto (city in Canada) · bg Торо́нто (city in Canada) · ro Toronto (city in Canada) · ga Torontó (city in Canada) · tr Toronto (city in Canada) · pt Toronto (city in Canada) · ar تُورُونْتُو (city in Canada) · el Τορόντο (city in Canada) · sh Торонто (city in Canada) · uz Toronto (city in Canada) · pa ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ (city in Canada) · az Toronto (city in Canada) · is Torontó (city in Canada) · be Таро́нта (city in Canada) · es Toronto (city in Canada) · ru Торо́нто (city in Canada) · io Toronto (city in Canada) · yue 多市 (city in Canada) · de Toronto (city in Canada) · nn Toronto (city in Canada) · cmn 多市 (city in Canada) · nb Toronto (city in Canada) · ko 토론토 (city in Canada) · nv Tsin Biiʼ Tó (city in Canada) · yi טאָראָנטאָ (city in Canada) · sk Toronto (city in Canada) · mn Торонто (city in Canada) · mr टॉरोंटो (city in Canada) · cs Toronto (city in Canada) · uk Торо́нто (city in Canada) · it Toronto (city in Canada) · ja トロント (city in Canada) · id Toronto (city in Canada) · th โทรอนโต (city in Canada) · fr Toronto (city in Canada) · da Toronto (city in Canada) · nan-hbl 多倫多 /多伦多 (city in Canada) · pl Toronto (city in Canada) · he טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ (city in Canada) · sq Toronto (city in Canada) · ka ტორონტო (city in Canada)

wikipedia: Lake Couchiching · wikipedia: Toronto · wikipedia: The Globe and Mail · wikipedia: Lake Simcoe